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Frances Fitzgerald’s retirement has sparked a flurry of interest in her Dublin seat, while Barry Cowen is the name on everybody’s lips in Midlands-North West
There were big questions being asked at the FG conference as ministers said they’re fighting for re-election to government.
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Insiders see party facing the ‘fight of its life’ in next year’s elections but believe fear of a Sinn Féin government might be best unifying force within FG
David Norris, an independent senator, plans to leave politics in January.
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